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CCC Shelter

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
NPS Rustic

Added to NRHP
  
3 April 1992

Built
  
1936 (1936)

Opened
  
1936

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Location
  
Pokagon State Park, north of Angola, Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Built by
  
Civilian Conservation Corps

MPS
  
New Deal Resources in Indiana State Parks MPS

Similar
  
Pokagon State Park, Brown County State Park, Deam Lake State Recreatio

The CCC Shelter, also known as the Combination Shelter, is a historic park shelter located at Pokagon State Park in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It is a stone and wood building and was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935/36. Although a low, wide roof gives some protection against rain and snow, the shelter is open on its longer west and east sides. The north and south ends of the structure feature tall fireplaces built with large stones found within the park, individually hewn by the CCC workers.

The shelter is now used for various programs such as the annual Autumn Storytelling or for renting cross-country skis in the winter.

Many other buildings within Pokagon State Park were constructed by the CCC during their stay from 1934 to 1942, including the Gate House (1936), Spring Shelter (1937), and the Saddle Barn (1938), and the first incarnations of the tobaggon run.

The CCC Shelter was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

References

CCC Shelter Wikipedia